Happiness is a Warm Gun // Several sets of {mostly} obscure Beatles covers, indulging Lawrence Azrin, who shares a June 18th birthday with Paul McCartney, whom you may have heard of? Additional discographical, biographical information was added by Lawrence Azrin, check out the links at your leisure.
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REQ:Request
BED:Music Played Whilst Talking
NEW:New Release
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MEMBERS: George Dragetta, John Mendelsohn {a noted Rock music writer; assembled 'The Kinks Kronicles' 2-LP set' // Original released in England Nov 29th, 1963, as the follow-up to 'She Loves You' /// Click the Link above, left to view the original
Group was from Louisiana, led by Joe Stampley This was recorded at Robin Hood Studios in Tyler, Texas. // * - both as a single, and on the 'A Hard Day's Night' soundtrack
Comment:
... ANOTHER set of somewhat obscure BEATLES covers, for LAWRENCE AZRIN, who shares a June 18th birthday with James PAUL McCartney:
* - Lennon got the title from an article in the May 1968 issue of "American Rifleman", the magazine of the National Rifle Association (NRA). Lennon - "I just thought it was a fantastic, insane thing to say. A warm gun means you just shot something." The magazine had adapted the headline from the title of the bestselling book by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, "Happiness is a Warm Puppy".
Time:
5:34
Artist:
Fats Domino [{mostly} John Lennon, Paul McCARTNEY]
In an interview with WLIR in 1972, Reed said he wrote the lyrics while working for a record company: "I was working for a record company as a songwriter, where they'd lock me in a room and they'd say write ten surfing songs, ya know, and I wrote "Heroin" and I said "Hey I got something for ya." They said, "Never gonna happen, never gonna happen." "
The original release had an anaglyph on the cover and a pair of paper red and blue "3D glasses" inside the sleeve for viewing it. /
Click the Link above, left to view the original single, with a picture sleeve
The song was written on the back of an envelope by Reed, while the band were on their way to a gig at the Café Bizarre. The song details a number of characters then living in New York City, including Teenage Mary, Margarita Passion, Seasick Sarah, and Beardless Harry, all of whom are detailed using or seeking drugs. / * - the label the first two Velvet Underground albums were on
The song became their rock anthem and spectacular closing number to their elaborate stage shows. / Click the Link above, left to view the original single
